MOTORINDIA - October 2020

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The October 2020 edition of Motorindia has a cover story of BharatBenz. The edition also has interviews of BPW, G S Auto, ACMA-SIAM Convention coverage, and several interesting updates. Must read.

“We see opportunity in consolidating complete tractor-trailer solutions for customers” - BPW Trailer Systems India

In this exclusive interview with Nagaraj Ubale, Director (Technical), BPW Trailer Systems India Private Limited, Rajesh Rajgor finds out how the company resumed operations post the lockdown, about their new 12 T and 14 T air-suspensions for the new 54 T and 55 T GVW tractor-trailers and consolidation efforts to provide complete trailer solutions including axles, suspensions, landing gear, mudguard, lighting systems and spare parts to customers

6 mins

Milky Mist and Bharatbenz: ‘Quantum of Solace'

BharatBenz has got what it takes to make a preferred trucking partner to a leading dairy foods firm to realise its ‘farm to fork’ promise to its end customers. Dhiyanesh Ravichandran in conversation with T. Sathish Kumar, MD of Milky Mist Dairy Food – a company with one-hundred percent BharatBenz fleet and the first user of the brand’s BS-VI trucks in its region

5 mins

HARKIRAT SINGH RYAIT: G S Auto International's 4th gen scion has futuristic plans

You cannot tie him down to a desk to work from 9 to 5. He is ‘at home’ when he is elbow-deep in grease and oil while tuning the kinks out of a piece of machinery. Call him a technology junkie or an ideas man, Harkirat Singh Ryait brims full of not only ideas to explore, things to experiment with but also loves to pick brains of the experts in the field. As the 4th generation heir to the family business, Harkirat is all but ready to strike out in new automotive verticals. Sarada Vishnubhatla has the details.

5 mins

Captains of auto comp industry share insights on market outlook and recipe for growth

Following the deliberations that were held during the 60th SIAM and ACMA Annual Conventions, MOTORINDIA had reached out to an elite set of experts from the auto component industry to know their views on how the auto and auto component industry would perform during the rest of the current financial year and the next year and what they think the government and vehicle manufacturers could do to put the industry back on the growth path.

10+ mins

‘Lighting' up sales with a road journey

Since its establishment, DH Lighting has played a pivotal role in the global automotive lighting industry with consistent technology development and pioneering spirit for the future. Automotive light bulbs and LED modules produced by DH Lighting under the popular ‘Excelite’ brand are sold across the globe, lighting up the night driving of all the drivers safely and brightly. In India, it is represented by DH Lighting India, with Harish Sharma, a very popular and respected figure in the aftermarket space, driving the brand’s growth. In this enchanting travelogue, Harish recalls the road journey he took during the ongoing pandemic to visit his dealers, customers and distributors across the country

6 mins

6 key takeaways from Leaptrucks Goods Transporters Sentiment Survey

The corona virus-triggered pandemic has had a devastating impact on the commercial vehicle (CV) industry. To understand this impact up close, Leaptrucks, one of the largest marketplaces for buying and selling used trucks and buses, conducted a detailed survey of goods transport operators. This article by Kaushik Narayan, CEO and Founder, Leaptrucks, summarises the issues and challenges operators have had to face and highlights their expectation of a quick economic rebound

5 mins

Axiscades – Offering innovative, sustainable & safe engineering solutions

Axiscades Engineering Technologies is a technology solutions company that offers engineering solutions and value-added services. It brings its expertise to industries across the board, where in automotive forms a big chunk. Sharadhi Babu talks to Sarada Vishnubhatla about Axiscades’ capabilities to deliver innovative, sustainable and safer products worldwide.

6 mins

Automechanika Shanghai introduces new digital platform

The show is radically transforming its web-based tools to meet market demand so that it not only takes place onsite, but also simultaneously in a virtual setting

3 mins

Miba – Technologies for a cleaner planet

Whether it is reducing CO2 emissions, increasing the efficiency of existing drive concepts or keeping pace with the trend toward new alternative energy sources, Miba supports its customers every day with pioneering technologies. In this exclusive interview with MOTORINDIA, Satish Barve, Managing Director, Miba Drivetec India (P) Limited shares insights about the company’s India operations, its manufacturing capabilities, expansion plans and the measures adopted to fight the ongoing pandemic

6 mins

DAIMLER's electric CVs prove their capabilities in customer use worldwide with over 7 million km driven

Daimler Trucks & Buses is celebrating another milestone on the road to the electrification of its vehicle portfolio: Customers worldwide have already covered more than seven million kilometers with battery-powered, locally CO2-neutral trucks and buses.

4 mins

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MOTORINDIA, started in the year 1956, is India's leading B2B automotive monthly. For over 56 years, Motorindia has been a credible source of information on the Indian automotive industry. Today, Motorindia is published in English and in Hindi, read in many countries across the globe. In addition to industry news, the magazine provides in-depth coverage, critical analysis, provocative columns and engaging feature stories. We keep our readers and advertisers coming back for more with a growing list of unique features, conferences, events, special issues, targeted editions, exclusive online and e-mail programs, digital edition sponsorship opportunities and lots more. Our aim is to keep readers abreast of what their competitors do, aware of the latest changes in legislation and fully informed about all key developments within the ever fast-changing industry.